p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Pictures from the American Museum of Natural History in New York

Beautiful work, Lazlo.
I was trying to figure out the mixture of things going on, and then I scrolled down to see the unprocessed shot. Okay- now I understand.
As suspected, your processing has performed magic on that statue. Your B&W makes it look like you photographed a living person dressed that way.
I am stunned by your processing skills!
Charlie

p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Pictures from the American Museum of Natural History in New York

Great processing indeed. I like number two, though I wonder if softening the focus somewhat would make it even more natural. You also might want to check out a recent NY Times article on Hiroshi Sugimoto and his photographs of dioramas at the same museum.

p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Pictures from the American Museum of Natural History in New York

srudy wrote:
Great processing indeed. I like number two, though I wonder if softening the focus somewhat would make it even more natural. You also might want to check out a recent NY Times article on Hiroshi Sugimoto and his photographs of dioramas at the same museum.

Thanks !
Sugimoto's diorama pictures are fascinating, I wish I could see them in a bit bigger size, not the postage stamp size they post on the website.
I have took a few diorama pictures as well, but again it was almost impossible to get something worthwhile, due to the crowd around them and the poor lights.
Here is one:http://lazlo.us/blog1/wp-content/gallery/new-york-july-10-2012/dsc06049_1.jpg